AMBIGUITIES
OF HERITAGE
by
C. M. Naim (1999)
"Don't think you're so bloody smart if you
weren't deceived by the mirage -- you simply weren't thirsty enough."
--'Urfi
*Introduction*
F I C T I O N S
"If my devils are to leave me, I am afraid
my angels will take flight as well."
-- Rilke
(1) *The
Outcasts*
(2) *A
Christmas Tale, or Sheldon, Beware*
(3) *A
Three-Page Fragment of an Autobiography*
(4) *A
Story to Beg Forgiveness*
(5) *Just
a Story*
P O L E M I C S
"When Hitler attacked the Jews I was not a
Jew, therefore I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the Catholics,
I was not a Catholic, and therefore, I was not concerned. And when Hitler
attacked the unions and the industrialists, I was not a member of the unions
and I was not concerned. Then Hitler attacked me and the Protestant church
and there was nobody left to be concerned."
--Pastor Martin Niemoeller, Congressional
Record, 14 October 1968, p. 31636.
(6) *The
Muslim Problem in India*
(7) *Being
a Muslim in India: The Challenge and the Opportunity*
(8) *Rank
and Status of Indian Muslims: A Different Perspective*
(9) *Two
Days*
(10) *Urdu
in the Pre-modern Period*
(11) *Urdu
in India: Some Observations*
(12) *The
Situation of the Urdu Writer: A Letter from Bara Banki*
(13) *Iqbal,
Jinnah and Pakistan: The Vision and the Reality*
(14) *Muslim
Press in India and the Bangladesh Crisis*
(15) *Minority
Rights or Human Rights?*
(16) *The
Second Tyranny of Religious Majorities*
(17) *On
The
Satanic Verses*
(18) *On
Taslima Nasreen*
(19) *On
Becoming an American*
(20) *Exile,
Displacement, Hijrat -- What's in a Name!*
(21) *Ambiguities
of Heritage*
(22) *Some
Thoughts on Christian-Muslim Dialogues*
(23) *The
Outrage of Bernard Lewis*
A P P E N D I C E S
(i) *The
Status and Role of Indian Muslims* by Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi
(ii) *Reform
and Social Context* by Asghar Ali Engineer
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